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Irish BAI launches Code of Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News and Current Affairs
posted on 12 April, 2013 02:00   (public)
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has launched on 9 April 2013 a Code of Fairness, Objectivity and Impartiality in News and Current Affairs. The Broadcasting Act 2009 requires...
Ofcom publishes updated rules on party political and referendum broadcasts
posted on 02 April, 2013 02:00   (public)
On 21 March 2013, Ofcom published updated rules on party political and referendum broadcasts (PPRB...
New chairperson for Dutch CvdM
by Marcel Betzel (CvdM - NL) posted on 27 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
Prof. Dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning, commissioner at the Commissariaat voor de Media (CvdM) since July 2009, has been appointed chairperson of the Dutch regulatory authority CvdM as of 1 April...
Measuring Diversity on Television - Outcome of French and Belgian assessment for 2012
posted on 26 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
The French and Belgian (French-Speaking Community) regulatory authorities have recently published the outcome of their assessment of diversity in television broadcast content for the year 2012. The objective of the research was to assess the...
Independence of Audiovisual regulators: Commission launches public consultation
posted on 22 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
Pursuant to the 30 policy recommendations contained in the report of the High Level Group (HLG) on Media Freedom and Pluralism, which was made...
Protection of minors in Romania: CNA launches public hotline
posted on 21 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
The National Audiovisual Council of Romania (NAC) launched a new public hotline number where cases of violation of the protection of minors in the field of television broadcasting may be reported.
DTT in Europe in 2012: Trends and Developments
posted on 12 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
the European Audiovisual Observatory, based on figures from the Yearbook 2012 and the MAVISE database, has published a press release highlighting the salient trends and developments of digital terrestrial television in Europe in 2012....
Live Internet streaming of free-to-air channels may be prohibited: CJEU Judgment
posted on 10 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
Further to a request for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)...
Gender Equality: REFRAM awards pilot project to Moroccan HACA
posted on 08 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
Further to the internal call for tender for a...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Dunja Mijatović reappointed
posted on 07 March, 2013 01:00   (public)
Social media: A first analysis by the French CSA
posted on 26 February, 2013 01:00   (public)
The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel
Processing complaints: Refram publishes toolbox
posted on 05 February, 2013 01:00   (public)
On 29 January 2013, the Network of French-speaking media regulatory authorities (REFRAM) published a toolkit on how to process complaints - a mission at the core of the daily work of regulatory...
Jürgen Brautmeier appointed new Chair of German DLM
posted on 31 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
As of 1 January 2013, the chairmanship of the Conference of Directors of the Media Authorities (DLM) was taken over by Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier for a term of two years.  The DLM, which is...
A new chairperson and two new members for the French CSA
posted on 24 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
Mr Olivier Schrameck has officially been appointed as chairman of the French regulatory authority, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), as of 24 January 2013. He was nominated by French President...
High Level Group reports on Media Pluralism
posted on 23 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
On 21 January 2013, the High Level Group on Media Freedom on Pluralism convened by the European Commission delivered a 51 page report entitled A free and pluralistic media to sustain European democracy. On the basis of hearings and the...
Protection of minors on VOD: Ofcom fines Playboy
posted on 16 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
On 16 January 2013, Ofcom imposed a fine of £100,000 on the service provider Playboy TV/Benelux Limited for failing to protect children from potentially harmful pornographic material. Two on demand programme services (ODPS) owned by...
Belgian CSA reports on New Media
posted on 11 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
On 11 January, the CSA of...
EPRA co-organises MEDIADEM's final conference
posted on 07 January, 2013 01:00   (public)
In the wake of the success of the joint public workshop between EPRA and Cullen International on regulatory aspects of
Ofcom's 7th International Communications Market Report published
posted on 13 December, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 13 December 2012, Ofcom published its seventh International Communications Market Report. The report examines the availability, take-up, price and use of TV, radio, broadband, telephone and postal services.
Regional TV beyond regional coverage: consultation of Swiss OFCOM
posted on 11 December, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 4 December 2012, the Federal Office of Communications of Switzerland (OFCOM) launched a public consultation on a draft law that would enable the licensed regional TV stations to transmit their programmes digitally outside their regional...
Protection of minors on VOD: Ofcom fines Strictly Broadband Limited
posted on 10 December, 2012 01:00   (public)
On Friday 7 December 2012, Ofcom imposed a financial penalty of £60,000 (GDP) on Strictly Broadband Limited in respect of its on-demand programmes service, provided through its website, “Strictly Broadband”.
Belgian CSA assesses compliance of non-linear TV services with legal obligations
posted on 03 December, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 27 November 2012, the CSA of the French speaking Community of Belgium published its assessment on how non-linear television services complied with their legal obligations in 2011. The CSA assessed...
Access of VOD services to people with disabilities: ATVOD report
posted on 29 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 28 November 2012, ATVOD (the independent co-regulator for the editorial content of video on demand services in UK) published its report on the accessibility of VOD services for people with disabilities of sight or hearing.
Consultation on the review of the Ofcom rules on political broadcasts
posted on 23 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 19 November 2012, Ofcom opened a consultation on the review of the Rules on Party Political and Referendum Broadcasts and on the Guidance for broadcast coverage of elections. The review of the Rules...
A new Board for the Belgian CSA
posted on 22 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 8 November 2012, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation appointed for a five-year mandate four new members of the Board of CSA of the French community of Belgium. Dominique Vosters was...
Protecting children in the digital world: European Parliament report
posted on 20 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 20 November 2012, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Protecting children in the digital world. The adopted report, prepared by Silvia Costa, highlights three main elements in terms of protecting minors in the digital era:...
EPRA represented at the AMARC Forum on the Future of Community Radio
posted on 15 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 12-13 November 2012, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC Europe), in partnership with the Center for Media and Communication Studies of the Central European University and the Hungarian Federation of Free radios,...
Video sections of newspaper websites & AVMS: Swedish RA decisions
posted on 09 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 29 October 2012, the Swedish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) decided in four cases that video sections on newspaper websites were to be considered as audiovisual media services under the Swedish Radio and Television Act.
Baltic regulators met in Riga
posted on 05 November, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 11 October 2012, the representatives of Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish regulatory authorities met in Riga to share their experience and to discuss practical questions related to media regulation. The Baltic regulators'...
Towards a convergent NRA in France? CSA's contribution
posted on 31 October, 2012 01:00   (public)
In the context of a consultation launched by the Prime Minister during summer, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, (CSA), published its contribution on the envisaged merger between CSA and ARCEP, the two French regulatory...